At last year's National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai (Shanghai), Great Wall Motors and China's personalized customization brand launched an official modified model based on the Tank 300 - The Tank 300 Cyber Tank Version, that is, the Cyber Tank 300. Today, the car, which has been repeatedly delayed due to various problems, has finally completed the production of the 3,000th unit, which also announces the end of the limited sale of this luxury modified off-road vehicle. Including cyber tanks, the entire tank 300 family has completed 100,000 sales orders since its launch at the end of 2020, and the best-selling one is the under-capacity tank 300 city version that attracted insufficient capacity after landing in July last year, which is also our protagonist today.
The Tank 300 City Edition in the shot is a top-of-the-line model, and just from the appearance, there is no obvious difference between its appearance and the off-road version. The retro round headlights adopt an integrated design, and only the LED fog lights are placed separately in the front bumper.
At the same time, the grille and headlights are also integrated in the same decorative panel structure, through the layer and color, they have a significant difference with the hood, body panel, which will make it look stylish enough.
The point is that no matter which version of the Tank 300 has enough wide-body off-road kits on the edge of the chassis, from the front and rear bumpers to the wheel eyebrows, to the side skirt surrounds, etc., they will bring a practical off-road capability boost.
Under such a kit structure, the approach angle and departure angle of the tank 300 reached 33 ° and 34 ° respectively, and at the same time, with a minimum ground clearance of 224 mm and a maximum wading depth of 700 mm, with the city version of the 17-inch Michelin Primacy SUV tire (specification 265/65 R17) and the off-road version of the 18-inch all-terrain tire (specification 265/60 R18), the tank 300 has the basic qualities of a hardcore off-road vehicle.
To say that the difference between the urban version and the off-road version and the cyber tank version in terms of off-road driving is mainly in the four-wheel drive drive system and the chassis differential structure.
The city version is equipped with a set of electronically controlled timely four-wheel drive system using multi-slice clutch type central differential, although it retains the torque amplification function of 2.48 times, but BorgWarner's set of dual-stay TOD timely four-wheel drive does not have the ability to get rid of the trap completely independently when encountering extreme road conditions, and its chassis can now only simulate the limit slip through the central differential mechanism, and the two differential locks missing from the front and rear axles make it impossible to achieve a single-wheel grip to get out of trouble, and the adhesion on the wheel will be greatly reduced.
However, the city version is called the city version because it does a better job of meeting the needs of urban and intercity commuting.
Although the off-road ability will be reduced, the city version has obtained a more complete set of intelligent driving assistance system, and its automatic driving level has exceeded the L2 level.
The parallel line assistance system will realize the side warning while the vehicle realizes the panoramic image + blind spot image, and the presence of more radar sensors makes the tank 300 city version complete intelligent automatic parking, follow the trace into the warehouse, and add 30 intelligent driving functions including active braking.
In other configurations, the tank 300 city version can open the door through the smart key, get on the car through the electric foot pedal, in addition to adding the wireless charging board, streaming media rearview mirrors, face recognition cameras and other smart accessories, but also through the active noise reduction system, driver's seat electric memory adjustment, front multi-layer soundproof glass to improve riding comfort.
Of course, the leather seats on the vehicle itself, with the front electric adjustment, heating, ventilation and driver's seat massage functions, the tank 300 city version with a body size of 4760/1930/1903mm does have a little luxurious feeling.
It should be mentioned that in this cabin, the two 12.3-inch LCD screens of the Tank 300 City Edition are equipped with a set of intelligent car machine systems, but the new platforms under the Great Wall System actually share similar electronic and electrical architectures, which makes the intelligent network connection system it is equipped with supports a series of functions including real-time navigation, mobile phone interconnection, remote car connection, and voice interaction, but it maintains the same hidden dangers of the use of the third generation of Haval H6 and Weipai Mocha. In the feedback of the first batch of car owners, the tank 300 city version does have occasional problems such as slow start-up speed and switching response stuttering.
But it has to be said that the matrix LED headlights, adaptive near and far light technology, Michelin tires, including Yanfeilis audio, active noise reduction technology and Nappa leather seats, etc., these can be tank 300 city version beyond the traditional off-road vehicle, into the luxury category.
Of course, the engine compartment of this E20CB model 2.0T turbo engine is also a new thing of the Great Wall, from the maximum power of 167kW (227) Ps, its data is indeed not high, but 1800rpm can achieve 387N· m maximum torque but it pays more attention to the output of low-end torque, through the torque amplification function, the tank 300 city version can still easily complete the steep slope, large angle climbing and so on. In addition, the transmission of the tank 300 city version is still zfour 8AT gearbox, although its NEDC fuel consumption will still hit 9.7L/100km, but it has to be admitted that the tank 300 city version can not find a reason to be picky in the core hardware and functional accessories.